After spending a long time in the crypto world, one phenomenon has become increasingly clear—small funds and large funds simply do not follow the same strategies.

Mainstream coins like $ZEC are obviously more stable, but to be honest, for small funds, most of the time it's just one word: slow. When prices move sideways to the point where you start questioning life, your account isn't significantly losing value, but progress also can't accelerate. Days without a trend are truly tough.

However, the real opportunity window for small funds in the crypto market often appears when a certain phase-specific hot narrative suddenly emerges.

Once the narrative starts, attention quickly concentrates, funds rush in, and short-term volatility is amplified very noticeably. Coins like $ZRX often experience this situation.

Many people think this is "value discovery," but that's not quite right—essentially, it's a concentrated release of emotion. Everyone is discussing the same topic, emotions gather into a force that pushes the price to move.

But what's the key here? You're not making money from "long-term logic," but from "rhythm." They are completely two different things.

From my own observation of these kinds of trends, I focus on three points:

**First, look at information density.** Is a certain topic being repeatedly mentioned? Is the discussion heat continuously rising? Or is it just scattered noise? An increase in information concentration indicates emotions are gathering, which is a signal.

**Second, look at price movement.** Not all news can turn into a trend. Real opportunities are always accompanied by volume expansion and structural breakthroughs. If there's only public opinion without trading volume, that's just talk—don't follow the hype.

**Third, look at plan clarity.** These trades don't involve "long-term holding." There are only two things: clear entry conditions and even clearer exit conditions. No plan, just acting—then that's truly dangerous.

What is the biggest risk of emotion-driven trends? It's not missing out on profits, but rather, making money and then being reluctant to exit, eventually getting trapped. I've seen too many people want to keep riding a trend after making some gains, only to be caught off guard when it reverses.

This strategy is clearly suitable for certain groups:

Positions must be small, entries and exits need to be quick, only riding a segment of the trend. If you're wrong, admit loss and cut it, never hold on stubbornly. This isn't a "sure-win" model; it's a trading approach that demands higher emotional judgment and risk control.

It’s not suitable for everyone. Especially not for those who are heavily leveraged, lack a plan, or operate impulsively. Using this method can lead to faster losses.

Ultimately, regardless of the trend, what truly determines whether you can survive in this market is never how fast the news is or how accurate the intelligence is. It’s whether you have a clear, firm exit plan and execute it consistently.

Having no way out to make money is more dangerous than not making money at all.